A young man’s thoughts turn to BBQ

It’s spring, and every spring I mourn my inability to char meat on a grill. You can’t underestimate the importance of barbequed food. Seriously. Anyway, at our building, we’re always debating the location of an outdoor patio where we could have a...

Signs of spring

There are robins everywhere now. You’re supposed to make a wish when you the spring’s first robin. I won’t say what my wish is, because then it won’t come true. 😛 Anyway, I was taking for granted the quiet and peace of my dad’s...

Amped!

Thanks to valuable help from Manyk, I’ve got my ancient Alpine 3527 amplifier and 8″ SAS Bazooka subwoofer installed. I used to have these things powering the sound system in my first car, a 1987 Nissan Pulsar. I then moved them to my next car, a 1998...

A blessing poorly disguised

It wasn’t a bad weekend at all. I went to see the Canadian Improv Games Toronto regional finals on Saturday night. The show was a lot of fun, mainly because the the full house was so loud and energetic. CIG has almost a cult-like following, and the enthusiasm of...

Computer/patient confidentiality

I stole this test from mnoo via Hesi, which makes this funky color map representing my personality after asking a bunch of questions. You can hold the mouse over the various blocks to see what they mean. Here’s a link to the interpretation of my answers to the...

Pages of stuff

I stole an idea from Hesi and made a new page for my blog. It contains a list of Things I Want. It’s explained on the page, linked from the sidebar on the right. Coming up with things to put on the list is harder than I thought it would be.